He was just trying to call and let people know how much money they could save by switching Geico.

“Switching to GEICO can save you 15% on car insurance... OR ELSE WE WILL START CRANK CALLING YOU”

Having been the victim of this (in that, a drunk passenger actually vomited on me while driving), I can back a surcharge for all the passengers to pay for the vile clean up. And no, I wasn’t a designated driver looking for martyrdom. It was fucking gross, yo.

I’ve driven part time almost 2 years for Uber. I have had two pukers. First one was at about 1am on New Year’s Eve. I was compensated $40 for the mess. Cleanup cost me maybe $10, but I like to think that some of the extra was the fact that I was out of commission for one of the biggest money making opportunity for the…

I have to laugh when anyone points out the former “regulated taxi services” as a noble industry that wasn’t completely corrupt and bordering in useless in most cities. I remember calling cabs in LA and they just simply not show up, or would be an hour past the time they said they’d get there. When you did get a ride,…

I did vomit in an Uber and was not charged for it. I did tip like 150 bucks though, so I suppose it evens out. Not really. I’m awful.

Apparently courts disagree on this. So far every court except one (an appeals court based in Florida) has ruled that it’s a violation of your 5th Amendment rights to be forced to give up your PIN:

That’s assuming he could afford a lawyer that’s not overworked.

I think in that case he would be guilty of obstruction for destroying evidence.  His best bet would be to just respectfully assert his 5th amendment right.

iPhones need a passcode to open when they are restarted. A thumb print won’t do it. So, turn your phone off when you get stopped by the cops. 

Part of free speech is to deny to speak at all. That’s a fucking fact. Also, you could argue that the 5th Amendment gives him protection against incriminating himself, but the next Supreme Court (it would take ages to get there) would likely deny this, because it will be loaded with douchebags. I suspect the logical…

What would happen if he gave them the wrong password ten times in a row and it wiped his phone, assuming he had that security feature enabled?

A fingerprint is “something you are”, a password is “something you know” — the latter is covered by the 1st and 5th Amendments, which is why fingerprint unlocks are subject to warrants while passwords are not.

Yeah, can’t imagine the jail-for-contempt holds up but that’ll be of little comfort in 3 months when they get it over-turned...

Another reason to use a passcode and not a thumbprint. Recently the courts have ruled that police can compel you to open your phone with your print, but they can’t compel you to give up a password.

Thanks for not being a standard internet dick and owning a mistake.  I tip my hat to you for that.  A rare thing indeed.

I don’t even know what the hell Iwas thinking. I knew people weren’t compelled to decrypt their stuff...